70 The effects of the “First Steps” lifestyle intervention program on physical activity behaviour, physiological characteristics and quality of life

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 42
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chu Shan Elaine Chew ◽  
Eric Andrew Finkelstein ◽  
Courtney Davis

BACKGROUND Use of a mobile health tool as a waitlist intervention combined with in-person weight management clinic visits may increase participant engagement and be an effective treatment strategy for adolescent obesity. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of and adolescent engagement with a mobile application-based lifestyle intervention program as a waitlist intervention prior to their engagement with a multidisciplinary weight management clinic METHODS This single-arm feasibility study recruited adolescents with obesity, aged 10-16 year old, to a waitlist intervention using a mobile app-based lifestyle intervention program with routine clinical care. Primary outcomes were adolescents’ engagement with the mobile application and BMI z-score at 6 months. Secondary outcomes included health behaviours, physical activity levels , quality of life and disordered eating behaviours. RESULTS We enrolled 40 adolescents with mean age of 13.8 ± 1.7 years and BMI z-score of 2.07 ± 0.30. Participants were ethnically diverse with 45% Chinese, 33% Malay, 15% Indians and 10% of other ethnicity. 83% of the participants had a household income level that was below the national median levels. 83% of the participants engaged with the mobile app-based lifestyle intervention program. There was no significant differences in the BMI z-score and disordered eating behaviours of the participants at 6 months. Participants had significant improvement in quality of life (P=0.044) and physical activity level (P=0.026) with reduction of total caloric intake (P=0.018) and fat percentage (P=0.018) at 6 months. CONCLUSIONS Use of a mobile app-based lifestyle intervention program combined with multidisciplinary clinical care is feasible strategy to provide obesity management services to a low-income and racially diverse Asian population and improves quality of life, physical activity levels and reduces fat percentage and total caloric intake. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03561597


BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. e015712 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Scott Kehler ◽  
Andrew N Stammers ◽  
Navdeep Tangri ◽  
Brett Hiebert ◽  
Randy Fransoo ◽  
...  

ObjectivesThe objective of this systematic review was to study the impact of preoperative physical activity levels on adult cardiac surgical patients’ postoperative: (1) major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs), (2) adverse events within 30 days, (3) hospital length of stay (HLOS), (4) intensive care unit length of stay (ICU LOS), (5) activities of daily living (ADLs), (6) quality of life, (7) cardiac rehabilitation attendance and (8) physical activity behaviour.MethodsA systematic search of MEDLINE, Embase, AgeLine and Cochrane library for cohort studies was conducted.ResultsEleven studies (n=5733 patients) met the inclusion criteria. Only self-reported physical activity tools were used. Few studies used multivariate analyses to compare active versus inactive patients prior to surgery. When comparing patients who were active versus inactive preoperatively, there were mixed findings for MACCE, 30 day adverse events, HLOS and ICU LOS. Of the studies that adjusted for confounding variables, five studies found a protective, independent association between physical activity and MACCE (n=1), 30-day postoperative events (n=2), HLOS (n=1) and ICU LOS (n=1), but two studies found no protective association for 30-day postoperative events (n=1) and postoperative ADLs (n=1). No studies investigated if activity status before surgery impacted quality of life or cardiac rehabilitation attendance postoperatively. Three studies found that active patients prior to surgery were more likely to be inactive postoperatively.ConclusionDue to the mixed findings, the literature does not presently support that self-reported preoperative physical activity behaviour is associated with postoperative cardiac surgical outcomes. Future studies should objectively measure physical activity, clearly define outcomes and adjust for clinically relevant variables.RegistrationTrial registration numberNCT02219815. PROSPERO number CRD42015023606.


Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 3425
Author(s):  
Zheng Wang ◽  
Henk Groen ◽  
Astrid E. P. Cantineau ◽  
Tessa M. van Elten ◽  
Matty D. A. Karsten ◽  
...  

Little is known about the difference in effectiveness of lifestyle intervention between women with PCOS and non-PCOS women. In a post hoc longitudinal analysis of a randomized, controlled trial, we aimed to investigate whether infertile women with PCOS and obesity (N = 87) responded differently to a 6-month lifestyle intervention program than infertile non-PCOS obese controls (N = 172). We evaluated several aspects of the intervention such as changes in diet, physical activity, and dropout rate, as well as the effect on weight, quality of life (QoL), and cardiometabolic outcomes. Multilevel analyses were used, and analyses were adjusted for baseline characteristics such as age, education, and smoking. Although BMI in both groups significantly decreased at 3 months and 6 months, there were no significant differences between the groups at 3 months (adjusted B: −0.3, 95% CI: −0.9 to 0.3, p = 0.35) and 6 months (adjusted B: 0.5, 95% CI: −0.4 to 1.4, p = 0.29). Women with PCOS and non-PCOS women had similar compliance with the lifestyle intervention in terms of actual change in diet and physical activity. Mental QoL scores were not different at either 3 or 6 months. Physical QoL scores were lower in women with PCOS compared with non-PCOS women at 3 months (adjusted B: −2.4, 95% CI: −4.8 to −0.06, p = 0.045) but not at 6 months. Cardiometabolic parameters did not differ between the groups. Our results showed that infertile women with PCOS and obesity and non-PCOS obese controls responded largely similarly to our lifestyle intervention and achieved the same level of improvement in markers of cardiometabolic health.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
Syulce Luselya Tubalawony ◽  
Fransiska Dewi Prabawati

Pendahuluan: Era modern yang terjadi menyebabkan perubahan gaya hidup seperti tingginya pola konsumsi fast food dan kurangnya aktivitas fisik menyebabkan peningkatan penyakit kronis salah satunya Diabetes Melitus (DM). Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis efektivitas Community-Based Healthy Lifestyle Intervention Program (Co-HELP) Modification terhadap kualitas hidup, kadar gula darah puasa dan tekanan darah pasien DM. Metode: Rancangan quasy experiment digunakan dengan melibatkan 76 responden yang terbagi atas 51 responden kelompok intervensi dan 25 responden kelompok kontrol yang dipilih dengan teknik purposive sampling. Kualitas Hidup responden diukur menggunakan kuesioner diabetes quality of life. Analisa hasil penelitian dengan uji Wilcoxon dan uji Mann-Whitney Hasil: Mayoritas responden kategori dewasa madya, perempuan (77,6%), lama menderita DM >5 tahun (67,1%), pekerjaan ringan (82,9%). Setelah 6 minggu diberikan intervensi Co-HELP Modification didapatkan hasil menujukan ada perbedaan yang signifikan pada kualitas hidup (p=0,000), kadar gula darah puasa (p=0,000), namun hasil uji untuk tekanan sistole dan tekanan diastole tidak ada perbedaan. Hasil uji regresi logistik ordinal menunjukkan bahwa intervensi Co-HELP Modification, umur, jenis kelamin, lama menderita/sakit DM dan pekerjaan secara simultan berpengaruh terhadap kualitas hidup (p= 1,000), kadar gula darah puasa (p=0,975), tekanan sistole (p=1,000) dan tekanan diastole (p=0,315). Kesimpulan :Penelitian ini merekomendasikan perlunya menerapkan Co-HELP Modification sebagai langkah mencegah komplikasi sehingga kualitas hidup pasien meningkat.


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